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  • Discovery is the process of identifying, locating, securing and producing information and materials for the purpose of obtaining evidence for utilization in the legal process. The term is also used to describe the process of reviewing all materials which may be potentially relevant to the issues at hand and/or which may need to be disclosed to other parties, and of evaluating evidence to prove or disprove facts, theories or allegations. There are several ways to conduct discovery, the most common of which
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  • a pre-trial process in which each party tries to find all the information held by the other party and by certain third parties that is relevant, probative and can be admitted into evidence at trial. Each party is required to cooperate with the other to the extent required by the relevant rules of civil procedure.
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  • A pre-trial process in which each party tries to find all the information held by the other party and certain third parties that is relevant, probative and can be admitted into evidence at trial. Each party is required to cooperate with the other to the extent required by the relevant rules of civil procedure.
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  • Browse Related Terms: 30(b)(6), e-Discovery Amendments or Electronic Discovery Amendments, Fed. R. Civ P, FRCP, FRCP or Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Investigation, RIP, Rule 16, Rule 26, Schema

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